Collar beading and shaping machine



Oct. 18, 1955 Filed NOV. 13, 1951 C. C. GRECO ET AL COLLAR BEADING ANDSHAP ING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Wi@:gamma|///////////////////l CHARLESC. GRECO, PATRICK ERUFFOLO a .JACOB M. KESSLER,

INVENTORS TORNEY OC- 18, 1955 c. c. GRECO ET AL COLLAR HEADING ANDSHAPING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed NOV. 13, 1951 COE W EFLR RFSOGUST .Ram S EKMI LWB R O Amc HAA Y CPJ y FIG.3

TORNEY United States Patent O 2,721,011 COLLAR EEADNG AWD SHAPIN GMACHINE Charles C. Greco, Bronxville, Patrick E. Ruolo, East Rockaway,and .laccio ivi. Kassier, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 13, 1951, Serial No. 256,094 Claims. (Cl. 223-2)This invention relates to improvements in a collar beading and shapingmachine and relates particularly to a machine of the character describedcomprising a collar forming means which is pivotally mounted upon a worktable and adapted to receive a collar which is then pressed and formedinto shape prior to its attachment to a garment.

An object of this invention is the provision therein of a collar formingmeans which is swingable about a horizontal axis, from a horizontalpressing position to a vertical collar attaching position.

A further object of this invention is the provision of means therein forvertically raising the forming means to a working height position inwhich position the collar to be processed could be readily attached.

A still further object of this invention is the provision therein ofspring actuated locking means for maintaining the forming plate in itsvertical position.

Another object of this invention is the inclusion therein or" a formingmeans composed of a fixed end section, an adjustable end section andremovable spacer strips or sections of various sizes adapted to bedisposed between the adjustable section and xed end section to extendthe longitudinal length of the forming plate thereby adapting same toreceive variously sized collars.

Yet another object of this invention is the provision therein of aswinging end section pivotally attached to the fixed section of theforming means and adapted to contract the extreme end portions of theforming means to permit the adjustment of a collar to same.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of anorganization in which the constituent elements are so arrangedstructurally and functionally as to assure improved results withmaterials and members which may be manufactured at reasonable cost, maybe easily assembled and which will be eiiicient in operation withminimum wear to the parts.

The best embodiment of the invention has been chosen for illustrativepurposes, but this embodiment should be viewed as being illustrativeonly and not as limiting because obviously the invention is capable ofother embodiments having revised details of construction, so long asthey fall within the ambit of the appended claims.

The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and itsmethod of operation, will best be understood from the followingdescription of a specific ernbodiment when read in connection with theaccompanying drawing, in which:

" g. l is a plan View of the top of a work table upon whic the collarforming means is attached.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of same taken along line 2 2 of Fig. l.

ig. 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, and with parte brokenaway looking in the direction indicated by the arrow X in Fig. 1.

Fig. is an enlarged fragmentary detail of a portion r'ce of a formingmeans which will hereinafter be fully described and explained.

Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of Fig. 4 looking in the directionindicated by the arrow Y.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail to be hereinafter explained, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevational View taken along line 77 of Fig. 4.

In the manufacture of garments for womens wear which include collars,the conventional practice is to construct the collar by stitching twocollar shaped sections of material together along three outer edges withthe unfinished side of the material upon the outside (an interlining,properly shaped, may be sewn with the collar shaped sections) and thewhole then turned inside out bringing the nished surface of the materialto the outside. The three sewn edges of the material will then presentan uneven and probably lumpy shaped edge. This uneven edge must besmoothed out before the collar is attached to the garment. Thissmoothing out along the edges of the collar is termed, by the trade,beading and shaping the collar.

There are, at present in use, devices which bead and shape only the endportions of the collar. Such devices leave the central portion of thecollar unbeaded and unshaped and requires additional pressing after thecollar is removed from the beading sections.

In the invention which forms the subject matter of this application, aforming means is provided by the use of which the entire collar andedges may be beaded and shaped and eliminates the necessity of theadditional processing described.

This invention consists essentially of a work table upon which there ismounted a vertically moving foot pedal operated frame to which there ispivotally attached a collar beading and shaping unit which includessectional plates upon which a collar to be processed may be attached.The beading and shaping unit is provided with a pivotal end sectionwhich may be collapsed to shorten the distance between the tapered outerends of the beading and shaping unit and permit the ready attachment ofa collar.

Referring in detail to the parts in which similar reference numeralsrefer to similar parts, 11 designates the top of a worktable which isprovided with legs 12, lower cross-bars 13 and an intermediate cross-bar14. A supporting frame vertically slidable through the work tablecomprises a pair of upstanding bars 15 and 16 which engage throughilanged bushings 17 and 13 respectively and are connected, at theirlower ends, by a spanning plate 19. A lifting bar 20 is secured to anddepends from the spanning plate 19 and engages the end 21 of a lever 22which is pivoted to a supporting member 23. The supporting member 23 issecurely mounted upon the intermediate cross-bar i4 and the outer end ofthe lever 22 is formed with a pedal 24 which may be depressed by thefoot of an operator to raise the spanning bar 19 and its connectedupstanding bars 15 and 16, respectively. Tubular boss formations 25 and26 are secured to the upper ends of the upstanding bars 15 and 16,respectively.

The said tubular bosses 25 and 26 are secured to the upstanding rods 15and 16 respectively, by means of pins 27 (Figs. 5 and 6) which engagethrough the upstanding bars and through the contracted stems 28depending from each of said tubular bosses. A collar 29 is secured tothe upstanding bars 15 and 16 by a pin 313 and is adapted to limit thedownward movement of said upstanding bars. The dot and dash lines 11 inFigs. 5 and 6 indicate the level of the table top. A slotted holdingplate 31 is pivotally connected to and extends from a tubular tongueformation 32 which is disposed V46 secured at one between the tubularbosses 2,5 and 2,6 and is held in place therebetween by a pin 33 thuspivoting the holding plate to the bosses 25 and 26.

The Said. holding plato 31 is. formed throughout its length with agroove 34 and behind` the groove 34 there is formed a slot 3.5 therebyforming an upper and lower Wing 36 and 37 respectively. At one end ofthe said holding plate 31 and engaging in the groove 34 there is a xedsection 38 of a sectional forming plate, which xed section is held inplace byrscrews 39 or by any other suitable means. Adjoining the fixed`section 38 there is a Vfiller or spacer-,section 39 which removablyengages Within. the groove 34 and adjoining the. Spacer 39 there is alargo, ond Section. 40, removably' .engaging in the groove 34- The saidSections, namely 38, 39 and 40, may be securely hold in the groove 34 bythumb or wing headed screws 41- which engage freely through the upperwing 3,6 and are threaded into the lower wing 37 of theV saivdfsiottediwiding prat@ si. The said sist ss permits sufficient flexibility, whenthe wing screws 41 are screwed into the lower wing, to tighten sameagainst the edges of the sections 38, 39 and 40 to hold them securely inPlace.

An end section 42 tapered along its outer edge, is pivotally attached tothe fixed section 38 by a headed pin 43 which'engages lfreely through anear formation 44 (Figs. V4 and 5 upon the tapered section 4 2 and isthreaded into the section 38,. A spring 45 engages around the pin 43 andis disposed between the head of the pin 43 and the ear 44 upon thetapered section 42. The said spring 45 holds the tapered section 42 downto the level of and ush with the adjoining fixed section 38. The taperedsection 42, however, may be raised against the urge of the spring 45 toride over the upper surface of the iixed section 38, as indicated by thedot and dash linesv in Fig. 7. The two contacting edges of the iixedsection 38 and the tapered section 42 may be beveled as at 46 and 47respectively, to permit the tapered section to slide up to the level ofthe top of the fixed section and turned inwardly as indicated by the dotand dash lines in Fig. 4. The purpose of the inward pivotal movement ofthe tapered'section 42 over the xed section 38 will presently beexplained. A helical spring end to an eye 47 upon the tapered section 42and at its other end to an eyelet 4S secured upon the said slottedholding plate 31, functions to bias the tapered section 42 into itsnormal position as clearly shown in Figs. l and 4.

In Fig. l the fixed section 3S, a spacer strip or section V39, the widthof which is indicated by A, and the end section 40 are arranged inposition to receive a collar which is outlined by the dot and dash lines50. When, however, a shorter collar is to be placed in position forprocessing, the spacer plate, the width of Which is indicated by theletter A, is removed and the end section 40 is moved into the positionshown by the.

dot and dash lines D. By setting in place a wider spacer, the width ofwhich is indicated by the letter B, the end section assumes the positionindicated by the dotdrash line B; and Vsimilarly when a wider spacer,indicated by'the letter C, is inserted, the outer edge of the endsection 40 assumes the position indicated by the dotdash line C'. Inthis manner the apparatus may be adapted for processing collars ofvarying lengths.

As already noted, the collars are stitched along three edges leaving anopen edge through which the form must pass. The open edge being shorterthan the.ex. treme outer edge of the collar, the pivotal tapered sec:tion 42 is turned upon and overlaps the iixed section 3S, thusshortening the extreme outer edge sections to pass through the shorteropen edge of the collar. After the collar has been placed the pivotedtapered section 42 is moved back to its outermost position through theurge of the spring 46. When the collar is in place upon the saidsections, the said holding plate and allowing the ,31, is turned, downto its horizontal position against a conventional pressing pad 51, bestshown in Fig. 2, whereupon the collar is processed by ironing the beadededges down to a smooth and even finish. VThe collar may then be removedand subsequently attached to a garment.

Before placing the collar in position the said slotted holding plate 31is turned to a vertical position as indicated by the dot position thesaid slotted holding plate is held by means of a round headed lock pin53 (Fig. 6) which engages in an indentation 54 formed in theY opposingend of the tubular tongue 32. The lock pin 53 slidably engagesV in abore 55 formed in each of the tubular bosses 25 and 26 and is backed bya spring 5,6 which will urge the lock pin 53 into the indentation 54when the said slotted holding plate is turned to the vertical position.After the first pressing of the collar the said slotted holding plate 31may be turned to its opposite horizontal position (Fig. 2) and thecollar ironed upon its other side. A central cut out portion forming apocket 56 is provided to receive the winged heads of the tighteningscrews 41 as shown in Fig. 2.

Pins may be provided in lieu of the tightening screws 39, in which caseslots 57 (Fig. 4) may be provided in the fixed section 38 and the wingheaded screws may then bo used to securely tighten the fixed section inPlace..

We claim:

l. A collar beading and shaping machine comprising a work table, apressing pad thereon, a supporting frame upon and adapted to, havevertical 'reciprocal movement through said table, the upper portion ofthe said supporting frame adapted to rise slightly above the work tableand pressing pad, foot pedal means coacting with the said supportingframe and adapted to impart vertical movement thereto, a slotted holdingplate pivotally attached to and extending from the upper portion of thesaid supporting frame, the slot in the said slotted holding plate beingformed by ange formations along the length of the said slotted holdingplate, a forming plate seated within the slot of the said slottedholding plate and formed of a plurality of sections, the first sectionextending from one end of said forming plate to approximately the centerof same, a second section comprising filler or spacer strips and a thirdsection slightly less in width than the rst mentioned section, the saidiirst section having pivotally attached to its outer end -a swinging endsection, the outer or unattached periphery of said sections conformingin shape toV a garment collar to be processed, said garment collar beingheld upon the said forming plate during processing.

2,. A collar beading andshaping machine as set forth in claim 1, whereinthe said rst section of the said forming plate is iixed in the saidslotted holding plate, the said third section of the forming plate beingadjustably attached to the saidslotted holding plate, spacer stripsections removably mounted upon said slotted holding plate by wingheaded tightening screws.

3. A collar beading and shaping machine as set forth adapted to swingVabout its pivotal connection with the said supporting frame and aspring actuated lock-pin upon the said supporting frame, the saidlock-pin adapted to engage in an indentation upon the said slottedholding plate for holding said slotted holding plate and its pivotallyattached forming plate in an upright vertical position. Y

5..A collar beading and shaping machine as set forth and dash lines 52in Fig. 2, in whichY 5 6 in claim 2, wherein the said third section ofthe said References Cited inthe le of this patent forming plate may, byloosening the said wing headed {DH1-ED TAT PAT NT tightening screws, bemoved outwardly along the length 1 s ES E S of the forming plate andspacer strips disposed in the 619939 Kaplan et al Mar- 81 1927 openingthus formed to thereby lengthen the said forming 5 1890882 McTague Dec-13: 1932 plate. 2,126,618 Chevalier Aug. 9, 1938

